Art Institute of Chicago
Husbands Always Make Me Laugh: Some say marriage settles a man
Paul Gavarni
- Date
- 1853
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on cream wove paper
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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